"Brain! Brain, how are you?! Are you still alive?! You can't just die like this!! Even if you're going to die, at least get Zuo Zuo out of this damned place first!"
"Brain!! Brain!! ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅!"
(Shake)(Shake)
Through his haze, Lynn heard Zuo Zuo's tearful sobbing.
His eyelids twitched, and he finally began to wake. As he regained consciousness, the vast white painting gradually faded from his spirit world.
He slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he did, he saw Zuo Luo in human form, sitting beside him with her legs splayed and shaking him hard. She was bawling as though mourning the dead, all while transferring the little coins from his pockets to her own, one by one. Clearly, she was overcome with grief.
Lynn: "..."
"Silly Zuo Zuo, I'm not dead yet!"
Lynn struggled to prop himself up. The slightest movement made him bare his teeth in pain, but through sheer willpower, he still reached out and swiftly snatched back the coins Zuo Zuo had looted from his body.
Zuo Zuo froze. Her chubby face turned toward him, and she instinctively looked at Lynn's open eyes, her face streaked with tears and pearl-sized droplets still clinging to it.
Then her expression instantly transformed into overwhelming delight.
She grabbed Lynn by the neck, hauled him right up to her, and shook him hard back and forth.
"Blockhead!! You're really all right?!!"
"Zuo Zuo knew it! You're blessed with luck and a long life, Blockhead! Even being sliced into little pieces couldn't kill you, never mind being burned to ashes! I knew you'd come back to life! This is great!!"
"(^o^)/"
Zuo Zuo immediately threw her arms around Lynn, her face adorably goofy and utterly blissful.
Then she hurriedly and discreetly brought out the Trident she had "put away" for her